RE: 130,000 People being evacuated downstream of Oroville Dam
February 13, 2017 at 2:45 am
(This post was last modified: February 13, 2017 at 2:45 am by vorlon13.)
Release rate of 100,000 cfs is nothing to sneeze at. During the 2011 flood on the Missouri, Gavins Pt Dam (last dam on the Missouri, near Yankton S.D.) the output was 160,000 cfs for weeks and it was a huge mess downstream.
Not to be snarky, but it's impressive the Gavins Pt Dam spillway was able to take the sustained pounding of that for 100+ days with minimal damage, and Oroville Dam apparently couldn't withstand a similar flow for a week . . .
And don't get me started on Teton Dam . . . . .
Not to be snarky, but it's impressive the Gavins Pt Dam spillway was able to take the sustained pounding of that for 100+ days with minimal damage, and Oroville Dam apparently couldn't withstand a similar flow for a week . . .
And don't get me started on Teton Dam . . . . .
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